Alejandro Davidovich won the Shanghai Masters on Sunday, 18 October 2026, beating compatriot Rafa Jódar 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in two hours and 28 minutes on hard court. It is the first Masters 1000 title of his career and the first all-Spanish final in the category since 2017. Davidovich, 27, was ranked 26th before the tournament and came back from a set down in the final. He had also beaten Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. The win is his third title of 2026, after Mallorca in June and Chengdu in September. Jódar, 20, was playing his first Masters 1000 final and finished as runner-up.
The ATP ranking update of 19 October 2026 lifts Davidovich from 26th to 13th, his best position, with 2,930 points. Jódar climbs to 11th with 3,234 points, 91 points short of the top 10, where Arthur Fils holds the final place. Daniil Medvedev returns to the top five, and Djokovic falls out of the top 10. Portugal's Jaime Faria climbs four places to a career-best 56th, while Nuno Borges drops to 52nd. Jannik Sinner remains first, ahead of Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Ben Shelton and Medvedev.
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Jannik Sinner keeps the No. 1 position with 10,950 points, but Zverev, on 10,070, continues to cut into that lead. La Razón reports that Sinner missed Shanghai and will miss the rest of the season. LaVanguardia says Sinner has announced a withdrawal to recover from knee problems. The earliest a change at the top can happen is 2 November, when Sinner loses 500 points, and it could come later, after the Paris Masters held from 2 to 8 November, where he would lose 1,000 points. For the week of 19 to 25 October, few rankings changes are expected, since Medvedev plays in Almaty, Alexander Zverev's rival Flavio Cobolli plays in Lyon and Fils plays in Brussels.
The year-end race decides which eight players qualify for the ATP Finals. Jódar is ninth with 3,159 points, but he is virtually eighth because Sinner is absent. Fils (3,325) and Frances Tiafoe (3,380) are ahead of him in the race, while Medvedev (3,420) and Cobolli (3,540) sit further up. Álex de Miñaur (2,880) and Novak Djokovic (2,840) are chasing from behind. Zverev, Alcaraz and Shelton have already qualified. Davidovich and Jódar are both still competing for a place in the ATP Finals.
Elena Rybakina stays first in the WTA ranking despite not playing the WTA 1000 event in Wuhan, with Aryna Sabalenka second and Mirra Andreeva third. Maja Chwalinska, the Polish player who won in Wuhan, is 11th and close to the top 10. Cristina Bucsa is the highest-ranked Spanish woman at 38th. On the men's side, Daniel Mérida is 42nd, Jaume Munar 51st, Martín Landaluce 67th and Pablo Carreño 74th, according to Europa Press.
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Rafa Jódar rises to 11th after finishing runner-up, while Novak Djokovic drops out of the top 10 in the ATP ranking update of 19 October 2026.
AI text based on reports by Notícias ao Minuto, LaVanguardia, europa press and other publishers. Published .